by Sungchul Yang

size: 23x15.5cm 1014pages. publisher: Hollym, 2000.

About this book
This book is the comprehensive analysis of North and South Korean political systems and processes in a systematic and comparative perspective. It examines the evolution and development of the systems from 1945 to the present. Unlike the situation in other countries, dichotomies between the two Koreas arise not from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds but from their diametrically opposed political and economic systems offering an unmatched real-world case for comparative study.
In this comprehensive volume, the author utilizes systematic and comparative perspectives to analyze North and South Korean political and economic institutions and processes and to examine their evolution since 1945.

The book opens with a description of the political heritage that led to the emergence of the two separate regimes. The author considers the development of opposing totalitarian and democratizing political orders. He then surveys the differences between the economic systems, strategies, and policies of North and South Korea, evaluating their performance for the last five decades.

The author also considers such long-standing problems as leadership succession, democratiza-tion, and liberalization; nuclear weapons and the continuing arms race; and contending approaches to education and reunification.

Table of contents
PREFACE
PREFACE TO REVISED EDITION

PART „°. THE KOREAN POLITICAL HERITAGE
Chapter 1. A Historical Overview
Chapter 2. Political Culture and Traditions
Chapter 3. Nativistic Resilience, Nationalism and Beyond

PART „±. CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL SETTINGS
Chapter 4. Politics of Partition
Chapter 5. Ideology and the Korean Experiments

PART „². THE NORTH KOREAN POLITICAL SYSTEM: A TOTALITARIAN POLITICAL ORDER
Chapter 6. The North Korean Political Framework
Chapter 7. Formal Political Structures and their Evolution
Chapter 8. The Ruling Elites and their Political Vicissitudes
Chapter 9. Kim „± Sung's Rise and Retention of Power

PART „³. THE SOUTH KOREAN POLITICAL SYSTEM: A DEMOCRATIZING POLITICAL ORDER
Chapter 10. The South Korean Political Framework
Chapter 11. Formal Governmental Structures and Political Process
Chapter 12. The Ruling Elites and their Modal Characteristics
Chapter 13. Legitimacy Crisis: From Rhee to Roh

PART „“. NORTH AND SOUTH KOREAN ECONOMIC ORIENTATION: MOBILIZATION VERSUS MOTIVATION
Chapter 14. Resource Endowments and Natural Condition
Chapter 15. Economic Systems, Policies and Strategies
Chapter 16. Performance in Comparison

PART „µ. CRITICAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMS
Chapter 17. The Seizure of Power in North and South Korean Politics
Chapter 18. Arms Race and the Twin Fortifications of the Korean Peninsula
Chapter 19. A Socialist Man Versus a Universal Man: Education in North and South Korean Politics
Chapter 20. Reunification and Policy Models
Chapter 21. Narth and South Korea as Two Living Political Laboratories

PART „¶. KIM DAE-JUNG GOVERNMENT: TASKS AHEAD
Chapter 22. Domestic Agenda: Reforms and Restructuring
Chapter 23. Unification Agenda: Deterrence and Engagement

APPENDICES 1. A Chronology of Historic Events
2. Dynastic Lineages
3. Constitution of the Democratic People¢„s Republic of Korea (April 9, 1992) - DPRK Socialist Constitution
4. Charter(or Rules) of the Workers' Party of Korea
5. The Constitution of the Republic of Korea

INDEX

LC#: 99-65245